From a7e2fe77e404fb0ebef3be70fed807e1f8370cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shalini-Ashokan <102292178+Shalini-Ashokan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 11:00:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fixed the editor background failures

---
 src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs | 4 ++++
 src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs   | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs
index 7ce02ec4ed6b..3daa568dce2e 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ public static void MapBackground(IEditorHandler handler, IEditor editor)
 			}
 			else if (editor.Background.IsNullOrEmpty())
 			{
+				// Skip resetting during initial setup to preserve shadow rendering and native default appearance.
+				if (handler.IsConnectingHandler())
+					return;
+
 				platformView.RemoveBackgroundLayer();
 				platformView.BackgroundColor = null;
 			}
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
index ec5779150915..7f2b93893052 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public static void MapBackground(IEntryHandler handler, IEntry entry)
 			}
 			else if (entry.Background.IsNullOrEmpty())
 			{
+				// Skip resetting during initial setup to preserve shadow rendering and native default appearance.
+				if (handler.IsConnectingHandler())
+					return;
+
 				platformView.RemoveBackgroundLayer();
 				platformView.BackgroundColor = null;
 				return;

From 1162e56f426a6bcb8c188f19f3732dd861edc645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shalini-Ashokan <102292178+Shalini-Ashokan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 15:54:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] modified the fix

---
 src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs | 7 ++-----
 src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs   | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs
index 3daa568dce2e..d031e740f587 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Editor/EditorHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Foundation;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Devices;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Graphics;
+using Microsoft.Maui.Platform;
 using UIKit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Maui.Handlers
@@ -97,12 +98,8 @@ public static void MapBackground(IEditorHandler handler, IEditor editor)
 			}
 			else if (editor.Background.IsNullOrEmpty())
 			{
-				// Skip resetting during initial setup to preserve shadow rendering and native default appearance.
-				if (handler.IsConnectingHandler())
-					return;
-
 				platformView.RemoveBackgroundLayer();
-				platformView.BackgroundColor = null;
+				platformView.BackgroundColor = ColorExtensions.BackgroundColor;
 			}
 			else
 			{
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
index 7f2b93893052..ec5779150915 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Entry/EntryHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ public static void MapBackground(IEntryHandler handler, IEntry entry)
 			}
 			else if (entry.Background.IsNullOrEmpty())
 			{
-				// Skip resetting during initial setup to preserve shadow rendering and native default appearance.
-				if (handler.IsConnectingHandler())
-					return;
-
 				platformView.RemoveBackgroundLayer();
 				platformView.BackgroundColor = null;
 				return;